Team Composition﻿Our team-building philosophy: hire only rock stars within each core business discipline, assembling a group with the advanced education, deep experience, and personal character to tackle the ugliest multifaceted challenges the corporate world has to offer. Individually, we are leaders, executives, entrepreneurs, and problem-solvers who still appreciate doing real, honest, hard work. Together, working closely with our clients, we eat "difficult" projects for breakfast and should have the impossible done in time for lunch.

Jason has been involved as principal or core team member on roughly $10B worth of M&A negotiations and/or transactions, and instrumental in collectively securing several hundred million dollars in diversely structured angel, bank, VC, and PE financing commitments. He holds a BS in Management plus an MBA, and brings a uniquely pragmatic perspective, blending corporate history, entrepreneurial experience, and early-stage venture fund management. Hobbies include technology, all things automotive, and fully exploring one’s vocabulary.

Alexis Martin, DirectorSales & Business Development​Alexis is an accomplished business development professional who has worked across diverse industries, products, and countries. Her early career included three years with a research sales division at Goldman Sachs in New York City, subsequently supporting more than one hundred NYSE-listed firms as a corporate relations analyst at LaBranche & Co. She later gained advisory experience in startups, turnarounds, and acquisitions. Most recently, Alexis served seven years as Senior Director of Global Business Development at MDF Instruments USA, based in Los Angeles, driving international growth in excess of 40% annually.

She earned her Bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Boston University, and her MBA from Pepperdine University (incidentally becoming proficient in both French and Spanish). Alexis digs fitness and nutrition, making her the only person we know who could easily hit 26.2 miles and keep running.​

Tim Riefke, Sr. ConsultantBusiness Analysis / Financial PerformanceBefore joining Cascadian Group, Tim acquired considerable expertise advising boards and executive teams in strategic planning, business case development, process design, organizational change, project management, and financial modeling and analysis. He spent the first part of his career with Deutsche Bank in San Francisco, managing a $10B portfolio for institutional investors. Subsequent to earning the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, he relocated to Portland for an advisory role with a top investment consulting firm, and more recently served as an internal consultant to C-suite executives on the Strategic Finance team at Cambia Health Solutions.​Tim holds a BS in Economics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. In his free time, you will find him pursing outdoor adventures around the PNW including kayaking, mountain biking, skiing and camping. When a complex business problem is swimming freestyle through your numbers, Tim will dive in and kick its ass.

Trent Bangerter, Managing DirectorRocky Mountain Region﻿﻿​Trent is a dependable cross-industry executive, further traversing general management, M&A, business development, finance, and consulting. His past jobs have included serving on the Board of Directors for Rocky Mountain Care; CEO of Matrix Medical Technologies; Vice President, Acquisitions & Development with Canyon Creek Development; Director with Sierra Consulting Group; and Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing with NexTrust, LLC. Most recently, he’s led his own asset management group, 3B Enterprises, pursuing healthcare investment strategies.

Trent earned his BA through the honors program at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, majoring in International Business. He is an Eagle Scout, multi-engine private pilot, world traveler, and business adventurer (so we promptly sent him 1,100+ miles into another time zone, confident he’d survive the Rocky Mountains).​

Jay Riker, ContractorAdvanced Operations﻿﻿Jay Riker is our preferred resource when it comes to assessing and optimizing decidedly technical operations. Starting with a thorough education in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Material Science (BS/MS), he has adeptly navigated some of the world’s most advanced research, development, and production environments.

Jay has been employed as: Scientist at the US DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratories; Field Application Engineer with Mitsubishi Silicon America; Thermal Management Product Specialist with Advanced Energy / Sekidenko; Director of Manufacturing Operations for Agere Pharmaceuticals; and VP of Manufacturing, COO, or General Manager in other assorted industrial markets (leading us all to ponder how that enormous brain fits in a cranium of ordinary size, while simultaneously accommodating his charismatic personality).